## Fonts

Fonts — Structures representing abstract fonts

## Synopsis

    struct      PangoFontDescription;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION
    enum        PangoStyle;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_STYLE
    enum        PangoWeight;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT
    enum        PangoVariant;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT
    enum        PangoStretch;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH
    enum        PangoFontMask;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_new
                                                (void);
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_copy
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_copy_static
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    guint       pango_font_description_hash     (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    gboolean    pango_font_description_equal    (const PangoFontDescription *desc1,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc2);
    void        pango_font_description_free     (PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_descriptions_free    (PangoFontDescription **descs,
                                                 int n_descs);
    void        pango_font_description_set_family
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const char *family);
    void        pango_font_description_set_family_static
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const char *family);
    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_description_get_family
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_set_style
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoStyle style);
    PangoStyle  pango_font_description_get_style
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_set_variant
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoVariant variant);
    PangoVariant pango_font_description_get_variant
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_set_weight
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoWeight weight);
    PangoWeight pango_font_description_get_weight
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_set_stretch
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoStretch stretch);
    PangoStretch pango_font_description_get_stretch
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_set_size (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 gint size);
    gint        pango_font_description_get_size (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontMask pango_font_description_get_set_fields
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    void        pango_font_description_unset_fields
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoFontMask to_unset);
    void        pango_font_description_merge    (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                 gboolean replace_existing);
    void        pango_font_description_merge_static
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                 gboolean replace_existing);
    gboolean    pango_font_description_better_match
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *old_match,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *new_match);
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_from_string
                                                (const char *str);
    char*       pango_font_description_to_string
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    char*       pango_font_description_to_filename
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

    struct      PangoFontMetrics;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS
    PangoFontMetrics* pango_font_metrics_ref    (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    void        pango_font_metrics_unref        (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int         pango_font_metrics_get_ascent   (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int         pango_font_metrics_get_descent  (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int         pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width
                                                (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);
    int         pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width
                                                (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

    struct      PangoFont;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT
    #define     PANGO_FONT                      (object)
    #define     PANGO_IS_FONT                   (object)
    PangoEngineShape* pango_font_find_shaper    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language,
                                                 guint32 ch);
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_describe   (PangoFont *font);
    PangoCoverage* pango_font_get_coverage      (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);
    void        pango_font_get_glyph_extents    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoGlyph glyph,
                                                 PangoRectangle *ink_rect,
                                                 PangoRectangle *logical_rect);
    PangoFontMetrics* pango_font_get_metrics    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);

    struct      PangoFontFamily;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY
    #define     PANGO_FONT_FAMILY               (object)
    #define     PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY            (object)
    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_family_get_name
                                                (PangoFontFamily *family);
    void        pango_font_family_list_faces    (PangoFontFamily *family,
                                                 PangoFontFace ***faces,
                                                 int *n_faces);

    struct      PangoFontFace;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE
    #define     PANGO_FONT_FACE                 (object)
    #define     PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE              (object)
    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_face_get_face_name
                                                (PangoFontFace *face);
    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_face_describe
                                                (PangoFontFace *face);

    struct      PangoFontMap;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP
    #define     PANGO_FONT_MAP                  (object)
    #define     PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP               (object)
    struct      PangoFontMapClass;
    #define     PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS            (klass)
    #define     PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS         (klass)
    #define     PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS        (obj)
    PangoFont*  pango_font_map_load_font        (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoContext *context,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc);
    PangoFontset* pango_font_map_load_fontset   (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoContext *context,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);
    void        pango_font_map_list_families    (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoFontFamily ***families,
                                                 int *n_families);

    struct      PangoFontset;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET
    struct      PangoFontsetClass;
    PangoFont*  pango_fontset_get_font          (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                 guint wc);
    PangoFontMetrics* pango_fontset_get_metrics (PangoFontset *fontset);
    struct      PangoFontsetSimple;
    #define     PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE
    PangoFontsetSimple* pango_fontset_simple_new
                                                (PangoLanguage *language);
    void        pango_fontset_simple_append     (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset,
                                                 PangoFont *font);
    int         pango_fontset_simple_size       (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----PangoFont

      GObject
       +----PangoFontFamily

      GObject
       +----PangoFontFace

      GObject
       +----PangoFontMap

      GObject
       +----PangoFontset

      GObject
       +----PangoFontset
             +----PangoFontsetSimple

## Description

Pango supports a flexible architecture where a particular rendering architecture can supply an implementation of fonts. The PangoFont structure represents an abstract rendering-system-indepent font. Pango provides routines to list available fonts, and to load a font of a given description.

## Details

### struct PangoFontDescription

    struct PangoFontDescription;

The PangoFontDescription structure represents the description of an ideal font. These structures are used both to list what fonts are available on the system and also for specifying the characteristics of a font to load.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_DESCRIPTION (pango_font_description_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontDescription.

### enum PangoStyle

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL,
      PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,
      PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC
    } PangoStyle;

An enumeration specifying the various slant styles possible for a font.

`PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL` | the font is upright.
`PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE` | the font is slanted, but in a roman style.
`PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC` | the font is slanted in an italic style.

### PANGO_TYPE_STYLE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_STYLE (pango_style_get_type())

The GObject type for PangoStyle.

### enum PangoWeight

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT = 200,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_LIGHT = 300,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL = 400,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD = 700,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD = 800,
      PANGO_WEIGHT_HEAVY = 900
    } PangoWeight;

An enumeration specifying the weight (boldness) of a font. This is a numerical value ranging from 100 to 900, but there are some predefined values:

`PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT` | the ultralight weight (= 200)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_LIGHT` | the light weight (=300)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL` | the default weight (= 400)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD` | the bold weight (= 700)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD` | the ultrabold weight (= 800)
`PANGO_WEIGHT_HEAVY` | the heavy weight (= 900)

### PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_WEIGHT (pango_weight_get_type())

The GObject type for PangoWeight.

### enum PangoVariant

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL,
      PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS
    } PangoVariant;

An enumeration specifying capitalization variant of the font.

`PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL` | A normal font.
`PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS` | A font with the lower case characters replaced by smaller variants of the capital characters.

### PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_VARIANT (pango_variant_get_type())

The GObject type for PangoVariant.

### enum PangoStretch

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_CONDENSED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL,
      PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_EXPANDED,
      PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_EXPANDED
    } PangoStretch;

An enumeration specifying the width of the font relative to other designs within a family.

`PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_CONDENSED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_CONDENSED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_NORMAL` | the normal width
`PANGO_STRETCH_SEMI_EXPANDED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXPANDED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_EXPANDED` |
`PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_EXPANDED` |

### PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH

    #define PANGO_TYPE_STRETCH (pango_stretch_get_type())

The GObject type for PangoStretch.

### enum PangoFontMask

    typedef enum {
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_FAMILY  = 1 << 0,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_STYLE   = 1 << 1,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIANT = 1 << 2,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_WEIGHT  = 1 << 3,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_STRETCH = 1 << 4,
      PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE    = 1 << 5
    } PangoFontMask;

The bits in a PangoFontMask correspond to fields in a PangoFontDescription that have been set.

`PANGO_FONT_MASK_FAMILY` | the font family is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_STYLE` | the font style is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIANT` | the font variant is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_WEIGHT` | the font weight is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_STRETCH` | the font stretch is specified.
`PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE` | the font size is specified.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MASK (pango_font_mask_get_type())

The GObject type for PangoFontMask.

### pango_font_description_new ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_new
                                                (void);

Creates a new font description structure with all fields unset.

Returns : | the newly-created PangoFontDescription. Use pango_font_description_free() to free the result.

### pango_font_description_copy ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_copy
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Make a copy of a PangoFontDescription.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontDescription. This value must be freed using pango_font_description_free().

### pango_font_description_copy_static ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_copy_static
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Like pango_font_description_copy(), but only a shallow copy is made of the family name and other allocated fields. The result can only be used until `desc` is modififed or freed. This is meant to be used when the copy is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontDescription. This value must be freed using pango_font_description_free().

### pango_font_description_hash ()

    guint       pango_font_description_hash     (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Computes a hash of a PangoFontDescription structure suitable to be used, for example, as an argument to g_hash_table_new().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the hash value.

### pango_font_description_equal ()

    gboolean    pango_font_description_equal    (const PangoFontDescription *desc1,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc2);

Compares two font descriptions for equality.

`desc1` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc2` : | another PangoFontDescription
Returns : | `TRUE` if the two font descriptions are proveably identical. (Two font descriptions may result in identical fonts being loaded, but still compare `FALSE`.)

### pango_font_description_free ()

    void        pango_font_description_free     (PangoFontDescription *desc);

Frees a font description.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription

### pango_font_descriptions_free ()

    void        pango_font_descriptions_free    (PangoFontDescription **descs,
                                                 int n_descs);

Frees a list of font descriptions from pango_font_map_list_fonts()

`descs` : | a pointer to an array of PangoFontDescription
`n_descs` : | number of font descriptions in `descs`

### pango_font_description_set_family ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_family
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const char *family);

Sets the family name field of a font description. The family name represents a family of related font styles, and will resolve to a particular PangoFontFamily. In some uses of PangoFontDescription, it is also possible to use a comma separated list of family names for this field.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
`family` : | a string representing the family name.

### pango_font_description_set_family_static ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_family_static
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const char *family);

Like pango_font_description_set_family(), except that no copy of `family` is made. The caller must make sure that the string passed in stays around until `desc` has been freed or the name is set again. This function can be used if `family` is a static string such as a C string literal, or if `desc` is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`family` : | a string representing the family name.

### pango_font_description_get_family ()

    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_description_get_family
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the family name field of a font description. See pango_font_description_set_family().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | The family name field. (Will be `NULL` if not previously set.)

### pango_font_description_set_style ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_style
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoStyle style);

Sets the style field of a PangoFontDescription. The PangoStyle enumeration describes whether the font is slanted and the manner in which it is slanted; it can be either PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL, PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC, or PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE. Most fonts will either have a italic style or an oblique style, but not both, and font matching in Pango will match italic specifications with oblique fonts and vice-versa if an exact match is not found.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`style` : | the style for the font description

### pango_font_description_get_style ()

    PangoStyle  pango_font_description_get_style
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the style field of a PangoFontDescription. See pango_font_description_set_style().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the style field for the font description. Use pango_font_description_get_set_fields() to find out if the field was explicitely set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_variant ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_variant
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoVariant variant);

Sets the variant field of a font description. The PangoVariant can either be `PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL` or `PANGO_VARIANT_SMALL_CAPS`.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`variant` : | the variant type for the font description.

### pango_font_description_get_variant ()

    PangoVariant pango_font_description_get_variant
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the variant field of a PangoFontDescription. See pango_font_description_set_variant().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | the variant field for the font description. Use pango_font_description_get_set_fields() to find out if the field was explicitely set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_weight ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_weight
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoWeight weight);

Sets the weight field of a font description. The weight field specifies how bold or light the font should be. In addition to the values of the PangoWeight enumeration, other intermediate numeric values are possible.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`weight` : | the weight for the font description.

### pango_font_description_get_weight ()

    PangoWeight pango_font_description_get_weight
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the weight field of a font description. See pango_font_description_set_weight().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the weight field for the font description. Use pango_font_description_get_set_fields() to find out if the field was explicitely set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_stretch ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_stretch
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoStretch stretch);

Sets the stretch field of a font description. The stretch field specifies how narrow or wide the font should be.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`stretch` : | the stretch for the font description

### pango_font_description_get_stretch ()

    PangoStretch pango_font_description_get_stretch
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the stretch field of a font description. See pango_font_description_set_stretch().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription.
Returns : | the stretch field for the font description. Use pango_font_description_get_set_fields() to find out if the field was explicitely set or not.

### pango_font_description_set_size ()

    void        pango_font_description_set_size (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 gint size);

Sets the size field of a font description.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`size` : | the size for the font description in pango units. There are PANGO_SCALE Pango units in one device unit (device unit is a point, for font sizes).

### pango_font_description_get_size ()

    gint        pango_font_description_get_size (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Gets the size field of a font description. See pango_font_description_get_size().

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | the size field for the font description in pango units. (There are PANGO_SCALE pango units in one device unit — for fonts, font points are the device unit.) Returns 0 if the stretch field has not previously been set. pango_font_description_get_set_fields() to find out if the field was explicitely set or not.

### pango_font_description_get_set_fields ()

    PangoFontMask pango_font_description_get_set_fields
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Determines which fields in a font description have been set.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a bitmask with bits set corresponding to the fields in `desc` that have been set.

### pango_font_description_unset_fields ()

    void        pango_font_description_unset_fields
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoFontMask to_unset);

Unsets some of the fields in a PangoFontDescription. Note that this merely marks the fields cleared, it does not clear the settings for those fields, to clear a family name set with pango_font_description_set_family_static() so that it won't be returned by subsequent calls to pango_font_description_get_family(), you must actually call pango_font_description_set_family (desc, NULL);

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`to_unset` : | bitmask of fields in the `desc` to unset.

### pango_font_description_merge ()

    void        pango_font_description_merge    (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                 gboolean replace_existing);

Merges the fields that are set in `desc_to_merge` into the fields in `desc`. If `replace_existing` is `FALSE`, only fields in `desc` that are not already set are affected. If `TRUE`, then fields that are already set will be replaced as well.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc_to_merge` : | the PangoFontDescription to merge from
`replace_existing` : | if `TRUE`, replace fields in `desc` with the corresponding values from `desc_to_merge`, even if they are already exist.

### pango_font_description_merge_static ()

    void        pango_font_description_merge_static
                                                (PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc_to_merge,
                                                 gboolean replace_existing);

Like pango_font_description_merge(), but only a shallow copy is made of the family name and other allocated fields. `desc` can only be used until `desc_to_merge` is modified or freed. This is meant to be used when the merged font description is only needed temporarily.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`desc_to_merge` : | the PangoFontDescription to merge from
`replace_existing` : | if `TRUE`, replace fields in `desc` with the corresponding values from `desc_to_merge`, even if they are already exist.

### pango_font_description_better_match ()

    gboolean    pango_font_description_better_match
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *old_match,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *new_match);

Determines if the style attributes of `new_match` are a closer match for `desc` than `old_match`, or if `old_match` is `NULL`, determines if `new_match` is a match at all. Approximate matching is done for weight and style; other attributes must match exactly.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
`old_match` : | a PangoFontDescription, or `NULL`
`new_match` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | `TRUE` if `new_match` is a better match

### pango_font_description_from_string ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_description_from_string
                                                (const char *str);

Creates a new font description from a string representation in the form "[FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE]", where FAMILY-LIST is a comma separated list of families optionally terminated by a comma, STYLE_OPTIONS is a whitespace separated list of words where each WORD describes one of style, variant, weight, or stretch, and SIZE is an decimal number (size in points). Any one of the options may be absent. If FAMILY-LIST is absent, then the family_name field of the resulting font description will be initialized to `NULL`. If STYLE-OPTIONS is missing, then all style options will be set to the default values. If SIZE is missing, the size in the resulting font description will be set to 0.

`str` : | string representation of a font description.
Returns : | a new PangoFontDescription.

### pango_font_description_to_string ()

    char*       pango_font_description_to_string
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Creates a string representation of a font description. See pango_font_description_from_string() for a description of the format of the string representation. The family list in the string description will only have a terminating comma if the last word of the list is a valid style option.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a new string that must be freed with g_free().

### pango_font_description_to_filename ()

    char*       pango_font_description_to_filename
                                                (const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Creates a filename representation of a font description. The filename is identical to the result from calling pango_font_description_to_string(), but with underscores instead of characters that are untypical in filenames, and in lower case only.

`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription
Returns : | a new string that must be freed with g_free().

### struct PangoFontMetrics

    struct PangoFontMetrics {

      guint ref_count;

      int ascent;
      int descent;
      int approximate_char_width;
      int approximate_digit_width;
    };

A PangoFontMetrics structure holds the overall metric information for a font (possibly restricted to a script).

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_METRICS  (pango_font_metrics_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontMetrics.

### pango_font_metrics_ref ()

    PangoFontMetrics* pango_font_metrics_ref    (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Increases the reference count of a font metrics structure.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | `metrics`

### pango_font_metrics_unref ()

    void        pango_font_metrics_unref        (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Decreases the reference count of a font metrics structure. If the result is zero, frees the structure and any associated memory.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure

### pango_font_metrics_get_ascent ()

    int         pango_font_metrics_get_ascent   (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the ascent from a font metrics structure. The ascent is the distance from the baseline to the logical top of a line of text. (The logical top may be above or below the top of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the ascent, in pango units. (1 point == PANGO_SCALE pango units.)

### pango_font_metrics_get_descent ()

    int         pango_font_metrics_get_descent  (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the descent from a font metrics structure. The descent is the distance from the baseline to the logical bottom of a line of text. (The logical bottom may be above or below the bottom of the actual drawn ink. It is necessary to lay out the text to figure where the ink will be.)

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the descent, in pango units. (1 point == PANGO_SCALE pango units.)

### pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width ()

    int         pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_char_width
                                                (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the approximate character width for a font metrics structure. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual characters in text will be wider and narrower than this.

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the character width, in pango units. (1 point == PANGO_SCALE pango units.)

### pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width ()

    int         pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width
                                                (PangoFontMetrics *metrics);

Gets the approximate digit width for a font metrics structure. This is merely a representative value useful, for example, for determining the initial size for a window. Actual digits in text can be wider and narrower than this, though this value is generally somewhat more accurate than the result of pango_font_metrics_get_approximate_digit_width().

`metrics` : | a PangoFontMetrics structure
Returns : | the digit width, in pango units. (1 point == PANGO_SCALE pango units.)

### struct PangoFont

    struct PangoFont;

The PangoFont structure is used to represent a font in a rendering-system-independent matter. To create an implementation of a PangoFont, the rendering-system specific code should malloc a larger structure that contains a nested PangoFont, fill in the klass member of the nested PangoFont with a pointer to a appropriate PangoFontClass, then call pango_font_init() on the structure.

The PangoFont structure contains one member which the implementation fills in:

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT              (pango_font_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFont.

### PANGO_FONT()

    #define PANGO_FONT(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT, PangoFont))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFont.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT))

Returns `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFont.

`object` : | a GObject.

### pango_font_find_shaper ()

    PangoEngineShape* pango_font_find_shaper    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language,
                                                 guint32 ch);

Finds the best matching shaper for a font for a particular language tag and character point.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | the language tag
`ch` : | the ISO-10646 character code.
Returns : | the best matching shaper.

### pango_font_describe ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_describe   (PangoFont *font);

Returns a description of the font.

`font` : | a PangoFont
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontDescription object.

### pango_font_get_coverage ()

    PangoCoverage* pango_font_get_coverage      (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);

Computes the coverage map for a given font and language tag.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | the language tag
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoCoverage object.

### pango_font_get_glyph_extents ()

    void        pango_font_get_glyph_extents    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoGlyph glyph,
                                                 PangoRectangle *ink_rect,
                                                 PangoRectangle *logical_rect);

Gets the logical and ink extents of a glyph within a font. The coordinate system for each rectangle has its origin at the base line and horizontal origin of the character with increasing coordinates extending to the right and down. The macros PANGO_ASCENT(), PANGO_DESCENT(), PANGO_LBEARING(), and PANGO_RBEARING can be used to convert from the extents rectangle to more traditional font metrics. The units of the rectangles are in 1/PANGO_SCALE of a device unit.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`glyph` : | the glyph index
`ink_rect` : | rectangle used to store the extents of the glyph as drawn or `NULL` to indicate that the result is not needed.
`logical_rect` : | rectangle used to store the logical extents of the glyph or `NULL` to indicate that the result is not needed.

### pango_font_get_metrics ()

    PangoFontMetrics* pango_font_get_metrics    (PangoFont *font,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);

Gets overall metric information for a font. Since the metrics may be substantially different for different scripts, a language tag can be provided to indicate that the metrics should be retrieved that correspond to the script(s) used by that language.

`font` : | a PangoFont
`language` : | language tag used to determine which script to get the metrics for, or `NULL` to indicate to get the metrics for the entire font.
Returns : | a PangoMetrics object. The caller must call pango_font_metrics_unref() when finished using the object.

### struct PangoFontFamily

    struct PangoFontFamily;

The PangoFontFamily structure is used to represent a family of related font faces. The faces in a family share a common design, but differ in slant, weight, width and other aspects.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY              (pango_font_family_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontFamily.

### PANGO_FONT_FAMILY()

    #define PANGO_FONT_FAMILY(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY, PangoFontFamily))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontFamily.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_FAMILY(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FAMILY))

Returns `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontFamily.

`object` : | a GObject.

### pango_font_family_get_name ()

    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_family_get_name
                                                (PangoFontFamily *family);

Gets the name of the family. The name is unique among all fonts for the font backend and can be used in a PangoFontDescription to specify that a face from this family is desired.

`family` : | a PangoFontFamily
Returns : | the name of the family. This string is owned by the family object and must not be modified or freed.

### pango_font_family_list_faces ()

    void        pango_font_family_list_faces    (PangoFontFamily *family,
                                                 PangoFontFace ***faces,
                                                 int *n_faces);

Lists the different font faces that make up `family`. The faces in a family share a common design, but differ in slant, weight, width and other aspects.

`family` : | a PangoFontFamily
`faces` : | location to store an array of pointers to PangoFontFace objects, or `NULL`. This array should be freed with g_free() when it is no longer needed.
`n_faces` : | location to store number of elements in `faces`.

### struct PangoFontFace

    struct PangoFontFace;

The PangoFontFace structure is used to represent a group of fonts with the same family, slant, weight, width, but varying sizes.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE              (pango_font_face_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontFace.

### PANGO_FONT_FACE()

    #define PANGO_FONT_FACE(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE, PangoFontFace))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontFace.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_FACE(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_FACE))

Returns `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontFace.

`object` : | a GObject.

### pango_font_face_get_face_name ()

    G_CONST_RETURN char* pango_font_face_get_face_name
                                                (PangoFontFace *face);

Gets a name representing the style of this face among the different faces in the PangoFontFamily for the face. This name is unique among all faces in the family and is suitable for displaying to users.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace.
Returns : | the face name for the face. This string is owned by the face object and must not be modified or freed.

### pango_font_face_describe ()

    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_face_describe
                                                (PangoFontFace *face);

Returns the family, style, variant, weight and stretch of a PangoFontFace. The size field of the resulting font description will be unset.

`face` : | a PangoFontFace
Returns : | a newly-created PangoFontDescription structure holding the description of the face. Use pango_font_description_free() to free the result.

### struct PangoFontMap

    struct PangoFontMap;

The PangoFontMap represents the set of fonts available for a particular rendering system. This is a virtual object with implementations being specific to particular rendering systems. To create an implementation of a PangoFontMap, the rendering-system specific code should malloc a larger structure that contains a nested PangoFontMap, fill in the klass member of the nested PangoFontMap with a pointer to a appropriate PangoFontMapClass, then call pango_font_map_init() on the structure.

The PangoFont structure contains one member which the implementation fills in:

### PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP              (pango_font_map_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontMap.

### PANGO_FONT_MAP()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP(object)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMap))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontMap.

`object` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP(object)        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((object), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP))

Returns `TRUE` if `object` is a PangoFontMap.

`object` : | a GObject.

### struct PangoFontMapClass

    struct PangoFontMapClass {

      GObjectClass parent_class;

      PangoFont *   (*load_font)     (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoContext               *context,
    				  const PangoFontDescription *desc);
      void          (*list_families) (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoFontFamily          ***families,
    				  int                        *n_families);
      PangoFontset *(*load_fontset)  (PangoFontMap               *fontmap,
    				  PangoContext               *context,
    				  const PangoFontDescription *desc,
    				  PangoLanguage              *language);

    };

The PangoFontMapClass structure holds the virtual functions for a particular PangoFontMap implementation.

GObjectClass `parent_class` |
PangoFont* (*`load_font`) (PangoFontMap *fontmap, PangoContext *context, const PangoFontDescription *desc) | a function to load a font with a given description. See pango_font_map_load_font()
void (*`list_families`) (PangoFontMap *fontmap, PangoFontFamily ***families, int *n_families) | A function to list available font families. See pango_font_map_list_families().
PangoFontset* (*`load_fontset`) (PangoFontMap *fontmap, PangoContext *context, const PangoFontDescription *desc, PangoLanguage *language) |

### PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMapClass))

Casts a GObject to a PangoFontMapClass.

`klass` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_IS_FONT_MAP_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP))

Returns `TRUE` if `klass` is a subtype of PangoFontMapClass.

`klass` : | a GObject.

### PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS()

    #define PANGO_FONT_MAP_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), PANGO_TYPE_FONT_MAP, PangoFontMapClass))

Returns the type of a PangoFontMap.

`obj` : | a PangoFontMap.

### pango_font_map_load_font ()

    PangoFont*  pango_font_map_load_font        (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoContext *context,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc);

Load the font in the fontmap that is the closest match for `desc`.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`context` : | the PangoContext the font will be used with
`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription describing the font to load
Returns : | the font loaded, or `NULL` if no font matched.

### pango_font_map_load_fontset ()

    PangoFontset* pango_font_map_load_fontset   (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoContext *context,
                                                 const PangoFontDescription *desc,
                                                 PangoLanguage *language);

Load a set of fonts in the fontmap that can be used to render a font matching `desc`.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`context` : | the PangoContext the font will be used with
`desc` : | a PangoFontDescription describing the font to load
`language` : | a PangoLanguage the fonts will be used for
Returns : | the fontset, or `NULL` if no font matched.

### pango_font_map_list_families ()

    void        pango_font_map_list_families    (PangoFontMap *fontmap,
                                                 PangoFontFamily ***families,
                                                 int *n_families);

List all families for a fontmap.

`fontmap` : | a PangoFontMap
`families` : | location to store a pointer to an array of PangoFontFamily *. This array should be freed with g_free().
`n_families` : | location to store the number of elements in `descs`

### struct PangoFontset

    struct PangoFontset;

A PangoFontset represents a set of PangoFont to use when rendering text. It is the result of resolving a PangoFontDescription against a particular PangoContext. It has operations for finding the component font for a particular Unicode character, and for finding a composite set of metrics for the entire fontset.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET              (pango_fontset_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontset.

### struct PangoFontsetClass

    struct PangoFontsetClass {

      GObjectClass parent_class;

      PangoFont *       (*get_font)     (PangoFontset  *fontset,
    				     guint          wc);

      PangoFontMetrics *(*get_metrics)  (PangoFontset  *fontset);
      PangoLanguage *   (*get_language) (PangoFontset  *fontset);

    };

The PangoFontsetClass structure holds the virtual functions for a particular PangoFontset implementation.

GObjectClass `parent_class` |
PangoFont* (*`get_font`) (PangoFontset *fontset, guint wc) | a function to get the font in the fontset that contains the best glyph for the given unicode character; see pango_fontset_get_font().
PangoFontMetrics* (*`get_metrics`) (PangoFontset *fontset) | a function to get overall metric information for the fonts in the fontset; see pango_fontset_get_metrics().
PangoLanguage* (*`get_language`) (PangoFontset *fontset) | a function to get the language of the fontset.

### pango_fontset_get_font ()

    PangoFont*  pango_fontset_get_font          (PangoFontset *fontset,
                                                 guint wc);

Returns the font in the fontset that contains the best glyph for the unicode character wc.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
`wc` : | a unicode character
Returns : | a PangoFont. The caller must call g_object_unref when finished with the font.

### pango_fontset_get_metrics ()

    PangoFontMetrics* pango_fontset_get_metrics (PangoFontset *fontset);

Get overall metric information for the fonts in the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontset
Returns : | a PangoMetrics object. The caller must call pango_font_metrics_unref() when finished using the object.

### struct PangoFontsetSimple

    struct PangoFontsetSimple;

PangoFontSetSimple is a implementation of the abstract PangoFontSet base class in terms of an array of fonts, which the creator provides when constructing the PangoFontSetSimple.

### PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE

    #define PANGO_TYPE_FONTSET_SIMPLE       (pango_fontset_simple_get_type ())

The GObject type for PangoFontsetSimple.

### pango_fontset_simple_new ()

    PangoFontsetSimple* pango_fontset_simple_new
                                                (PangoLanguage *language);

Creates a new PangoFontsetSimple for the given language.

`language` : | a PangoLanguage tag
Returns : | a newly-allocated PangoFontsetSimple.

### pango_fontset_simple_append ()

    void        pango_fontset_simple_append     (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset,
                                                 PangoFont *font);

Adds a font to the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontsetSimple.
`font` : | a PangoFont.

### pango_fontset_simple_size ()

    int         pango_fontset_simple_size       (PangoFontsetSimple *fontset);

Returns the number of fonts in the fontset.

`fontset` : | a PangoFontsetSimple.
Returns : | the size of `fontset`.